Raised in Frederick. Father, husband, Ravens and Os fan running for Frederick County Council At Large. Authorized by Dylan Diggs for County Council.
Adamstown, MD
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Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
The raw data are showing what I'm hearing from my students in my course on the Economics of Happiness. Their lives don't seem good to them. It's heartbreaking.
h/t @noahpinion
"What if our biggest problems aren’t economic?"
noahpinion.blog/p/what-if-ou…
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
My directive has halted up to 1,800 data center projects.
I established guidelines & guardrails to protect Texas communities:
✔️Data centers must not take water needed by local communities,
✔️They must not take power needed by the Texas power grid,
✔️They must lower the cost of electricity,
✔️They must not disrupt neighborhoods or rural communities.
These guidelines are now the universally applied standard in Texas.
thecentersquare.com/texas/ar… via @thecentersquare
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
Another striking finding from the paper is this:
The authors estimate that working from home accounts for 8.1% of U.S. births in 2024 (about 291,000).
"While seemingly modest, this contribution appears to be greater than the fertility contribution of government spending on early childhood care and education in the United States."
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
“IFS research reflects a broader phenomenon across American childhood: low parental tolerance for risk-taking in the real world, yet increasing amounts of time spent in unsupervised digital worlds.” @CarterSkeel
ifstudies.org/blog/america-w…
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
Baltimore needs a massive statue of Francis Scott Key on this perfect little island in front of the (former) Francis Scott Key Bridge.
“Why?”
Why not
🤖 Made with AI
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
Ukraine is very quickly proving itself to be an indispensable partner.
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
This is such a garbage take. Babies have just as much of a right to travel as anyone else. It was the only way our babies could see their extended families. I doubt a baby was actually crying for 10 hours, but it can happen because it's uncomfortable, your usual calming strategies (walking around in a stroller etc) are not available etc, they're not use to pressure changes and it hurts their ears, they are tired but can't get comfortable for a nap etc etc etc.
And believe me, traveling with babies on planes is one of the most harrowing and difficult experiences for parents. You have to haul a ridiculous amount of stuff (car seat, stroller, diaper bag...) and there are people like Laura on the plane staring at you and judging your parenting.
If you want to actually be helpful, go up and interact with the baby. Smile and make funny faces, talk to the kid and the parents. For us, we'll always remember the generous souls who did that and helped us pass the time.
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
Today’s massive russian missile strike on critical infrastructure has failed.
The Ukrainian Air Force demonstrated high effectiveness — 25 out of 29 missiles and 367 out of 396 drones were shot down. That amounts to roughly 90% effectiveness.
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
As an able bodied man nothing has whitepilled me on the ADA more than the experience of navigating the world with my infant daughter in a stroller.
My pre-ADA church (built 1949) is frustrating to navigate in ways that just don't exist at all in newer or updated buildings. A steep entry ramp, heavy doors that close quickly, narrow passageways, sidewalks without curb cuts, etc. All annoying to me but debilitating to someone with real mobility impairments.
The building cost burden of the ADA is 1000% worth it and the aesthetic complaints are so petty it's unbelievable.
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
America is a nation of offline moderates ruled by a fringe of online lunatics
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
Banning Chinese drones is the right call-- but yes it's gonna be massively disruptive for a few years until an American company can stand up manufacturing.
I'm sure one will.
WSJ: U.S. Bans New China-Made Drones, Sparking Outrage Among Pilots wsj.com/politics/national-se…
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
For 20 years, the Caucasus Barometer has tracked what Georgians think. Now, lack of funding threatens the 2026 survey, risking the loss of Georgia's most reliable, independent longitudinal data. We must save it.
Support & share! ⬇️ gogetfunding.com/democracy-n…
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
This is a genuinely incredible story: China found in U.S. archives an energy source that could power its entire future for 20,000 years - and they just made it work.
I'm not exaggerating. In the 1960s the U.S. - specifically Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee - invented a revolutionary type of nuclear reactor that could run on thorium instead of uranium (much more abundant and cheaper), with no meltdown risk, generating 50x less waste, and requiring no water. Then, due to messy politics, they killed the program in 1969 and fired the visionary behind it.
Afterwards the declassified blueprints for the project sat forgotten in archives for decades. That is until Chinese scientists found them and decided in 2011 to run an experimental project in the Gansu desert to see if they could make it work.
A few days ago, after 14 years of work, they finally did.
I spent many days researching this and wrote the full story - how the technology works, the bureaucratic politics that killed it in America, and why this could genuinely be game-changing.
Here's the link to the article: open.substack.com/pub/arnaud…
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
With great sorrow I am following the tragic news coming from #Sudan. Indiscriminate violence against women and children, attacks on unarmed civilians, and serious obstacles to humanitarian aid are causing unbearable suffering. May we #PrayTogether that the Lord may receive the deceased with his embrace, strengthen those who are suffering, and move the hearts of those responsible. I renew my heartfelt appeal to all parties involved to agree to a ceasefire and to urgently open humanitarian corridors. Finally, I call on the international community to act with determination and generosity.
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
Data centers and AI are gobbling up electricity, but the share differs significantly by state.
Between 2010 and 2025, data centers went from less than 5% to roughly 40% of Virginia's electricity consumption. Sweet jesus.
Dylan Diggs for Frederick retweeted
In a study of ~2.5M children, there was a small association between in utero Tylenol use and subsequent autism. But the association disappears entirely when you introduce sibling controls, implying it’s spurious.
Trump to advise pregnant women to limit Tylenol use to stem autism risk ow.ly/316z106mjv4
Just got back from a cascade of delays from Sioux Falls > Chicago > NYC > DC on @AmericanAir and can confirm. The airlines also are woefully unprepared to handle this extent of bumbling.
